Description
In BIND 9.8.5 -> 9.8.8, 9.9.3 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a malformed IXFR triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion the next time the transferred secondary zone is refreshed.
Published: 2021-04-29
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.11.31 BIND 9.16.15 BIND 9.17.12 BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. BIND 9.11.31-S1 BIND 9.16.15-S1


Vendor Workaround

Disabling incremental zone transfers (IXFR) by setting request-ixfr no; in the desired configuration block (options, zone, or server) prevents the failing assertion from being evaluated.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2647-1 bind9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4909-1 bind9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-12125 In BIND 9.8.5 -> 9.8.8, 9.9.3 -> 9.11.29, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.13, and versions BIND 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.29-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.13-S1 of BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, as well as release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.11 of the BIND 9.17 development branch, when a vulnerable version of named receives a malformed IXFR triggering the flaw described above, the named process will terminate due to a failed assertion the next time the transferred secondary zone is refreshed.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4929-1 Bind vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7739-1 Bind vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Isc Bind
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager Aff 500f Aff 500f Firmware Aff A250 Aff A250 Firmware Cloud Backup H300e H300e Firmware H300s H300s Firmware H410s H410s Firmware H500e H500e Firmware H500s H500s Firmware H700e H700e Firmware H700s H700s Firmware
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:37:21.136Z

Reserved: 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25214

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-29T01:15:07.977

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:54:33.470

Link: CVE-2021-25214

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-25214 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses